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  • Lot# : 768 Colombia

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    20 c. red, used example from Position 40 on the sheet of 54 types,"plancha emmendada" showing the retouched '2' in '20' at base and showing traces of the original '2½' die, with the confirming vertical outer frame break at right above 'E' of NACIONALES. Four large margins and cancelled by fine oval handstamp in green. A magnificent and famous used example, one of just a few recorded. Cert. RPS (1968).

    Provenance: Collection Newbury; Collection Jairo Londoño Tamayo, Corinphila sale 90 (Oct 1994), lot 6649; Collection Dr. Norman Hubbard, Corinphila sale 131 (Oct 2001), lot 6402.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold